84 pages ; 20 cm

"The stories have been culled from old newspapers, local histories and biographies"--Foreword

To our state flower / by Mrs. M.E. Clarke (1897) -- The greatness of Iowa / by James Wilson (1880) -- The Iowa farmer in 1840 / by Poor Richard and his brother (1840) -- A true pioneer (1882) -- An Indian scare / by J.E. Burnside (1882) -- Fort Robinson / by Mrs. N. Sanford (1867) -- Land hunger / by Hawkins Taylor (1870) -- Hot land office business at 35° below zero / by the Rev. E. Adams (1869) -- The man from Bangor, Maine (1882) -- The Perkins-Flemming War / by O.H. Turrill (1857) -- The Dahlonega War / by Judge H.B. Hendershott (1874) -- The River Land war (1880) -- Pioneers, O Pioneers / by Willard Barrows (1863) -- Tough but fruitful and beautiful / by Joseph W. Cummins (1884) -- The hard winter / by a Dallas County pioneer (1879) -- The Three River County in early days / related by Mrs. Mary Alexander (1905) -- Wild hogs in early southwestern Iowa (1881) -- A successful farmer / by J. Phillips (1870) -- Ye olden days / by Mrs. Louisa Childs Choate (1912) -- Sharing pleasures and hardships / by Sarah J. Statler (1912) -- Those tough, rough, happy old days / by Mrs. G.W. Harlan (1884) -- The founding of Tabor College / by W.M. Brooks (1881) -- Beautiful shores / by Rev. John O. Foster (1910) -- By might and main (1892) -- The coming of the Hollanders / by Mrs. Semira A. Phillips (1900) -- Writing to the folks in Germany in 1851 / by Wilhelm Fischer -- The currency riot / by J.M. Burrows (1888) -- Gip, Ed, and John / by G.W. Wilkinson (1914) -- Coming down a notch / by John F. Glover (1920) -- Strong and steady / by J.S. Horton (1914) -- The Clausen colony / by S.B. Chase (1884) -- Pioneer church going (1878) -- Pioneer religion in southeastern Iowa / by Hawkins Taylor (1870) -- Fire water bad for the Indians / by Will Ed Tucker (1883) -- Played with the Indian boys (1910) -- Fever and Ague / by W.W. Merritt, Sr. (1906) -- Pioneer surgery (1910) -- Indian medicine (1914) -- Civil War prisoners / by Mr. Winkless (1922) -- The engine America (1869) -- A brilliant affair (1869) -- The wheels of fortune (1887) -- Water power and mills (1883) -- The mill at Rock Falls (1883) -- Then and now / by Hon. M.P. Rosecrans (1883)

Preservation photocopy. Fort Wayne, Ind. : Allen County Public Library, 28 cm

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